**These have got to be the two most commonly asked questions.
Q) How long have you been writing music?
A) I think I started writing my own music in 2005, though I didn't record much of it, and most of those tracks have been lost. I started recording stuff for T7N in 2008, until 2010 (but we're not done yet- just a break). And 2010 is also when I began writing on my own. Since then, I've released Delirium [demo], EleKtrostatiK [demo], EleKtrostatiK, Bound [single], Infekt [single], and the Infekt album is in the making.
Q) How do you write a song?
A) I'm always receiving messages on Facebook from people (usually teenagers) who like my music, and want to write their own, but don't know how.
But before I can say anything, I have to answer with a question of my own - Who are you trying to please- yourself, or someone else?
If you're looking to become rich and famous, you're definitely asking the wrong person. I can't tell you the secret formula for a hit single.
What I can tell you is that if you're in it because that's what you feel and what you want to do, it doesn't matter how you write a song. You let loose, say what you think, and express what you're feeling. I can't tell you what to think or feel, but I can tell you to relax and just let it happen.
Pretty much every single track I release is one big mistake. It is nothing like how I'd envision it at the start. I'll fuck something up and discover something cool, and tweak things, and completely rewrite an instrument line, etc. It's all one huge fuck-up. But that's okay, because I usually like it better in the end. And it doesn't matter, because I write songs as a form of self expression, not specifically as entertainment.
I find it incredibly easy to write just the music with no lyrics. There are so many sounds I can create. Writing lyrics to music is a bit of a problem for me though. I'll jot down ideas I get and return to them later, but the writing itself can be a grueling process. Usually the words will come all at once, when the time is right, and then I have to start writing them down and recording before they disappear just as quickly as they came.